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THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND (CAMBRIDGE MILITARY HISTORIES)
Written by John Brooks.
Stock no. 1829877
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2018. Nearly fine condition.

A major new account of the Battle of Jutland, the key naval battle of World War I in which the British Grand Fleet engaged the German High Seas Fleet off the coast of Denmark in 1916. Pictorial cardwraps. xxi and 571 pages including index. A physical print on demand copy (Lightning Source UK Ltd). ISBN: 9781316604502. Minor mark to front cover. Looks unread!

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THE INCREDIBLE ATTACK AIRCRAFT OF THE USS UNITED STATES, 1948-1949
Written by Jared A. Zichek.
Stock no. 1329588
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Secret Aerospace Projects of the US Navy Volume 1. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 228 pages. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 9780764332296. Tiny nick to top of wrapper spine else a super copy, looks unread.

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STRIKE FROM THE SEA U.S. NAVY ATTACK AIRCRAFT FROM SKYRAIDER TO SUPER HORNET 1948-PRESENT
Written by Tommy H. Thomason.
Stock no. 1329579
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781580071321. Minimal bumping to spine of book and wrapper, wrapper spine faded (title was yellow, now white). Looks unread.

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FEARLESS AND INTREPID 1965 - 2002: THE ROYAL NAVY'S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT ASSAULT SHIPS
Written by Neil McCart.
Stock no. 1829869
Published by Fan Publications. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of two of the Royal Navy's longest-serving warships from their beginnings in the early 1960s to the final weeks of operational service in the twenty-first century, when Fearless was finally decommissioned and joined her sister at lay-up berths in Portsmouth Dockyard. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos and a few colour. 176 pages. ISBN: 1901225070. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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MIDWAY: DUANTLESS VICTORY
Written by Peter C. Smith.
Stock no. 1829851
Published by Pen & Sword Maritime. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Fresh Perspectives on America's Seminal Naval Victory of World War II. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xx and 358 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844155835. A lovely copy, looks unread!

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VALIANT QUARTET
Written by G.G. Connell.
Stock no. 1829841
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

His Majesty's Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: Curlew, Cairo, Calcutta and Coventry. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w maps. 303 pages including index. ISBN: 0718304268. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

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THE GREAT WAR AT SEA: A NAVAL ATLAS 1914 - 1919
Written by Marcus Faulkner; Andrew Lambert.
Stock no. 1829834
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Setting an unsurpassed standard of cartographic excellence, this new atlas of the Great War at sea offers the first truly graphic account of the naval conflict that was to determine the very outcome of the war itself. Introduction by Andrew Lambert. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps throughout. XIV and 170 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848321830. A lovely copy!

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SAILING SHIPS OF WAR 1400-1860
Written by Frank Howard.
Stock no. 1829830
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of fighting ships and their technical development from 1400 to 1860, from the advent of the three-masted ship to the eclipse of naval sail. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & colour photos. 254 pages plus bibliography. ISBN: 0851771386. Reprint. A lovely copy!

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THE SQUADRONS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Theo Ballance.
Stock no. 1829826
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 2nd 1994. Nearly fine condition.

2nd Revised Edition. The book represents the culmination of 40 years research into the histories of the Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. B/w photos. 544 pages. The book makes possible the identification of the location, role, aircraft, and commander of all Fleet Air Arm Squadrons on any given date. It also includes coverage of Australian, Canadian and Dutch Naval Air Squadrons numbered in the same series as the Fleet Air Arm. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 480 pages. ISBN: 0851302238. Covers very lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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NELSON & RODNEY 1927 - 1949: THE BIG BATTLESHIPS
Written by Neil McCart.
Stock no. 1829806
Published by Maritime Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Following the Washington Treaty, plans were drawn up for two 33,000-ton battleships, which would be armed with nine 16-inch guns. These ships would be the most powerful battleships in the Royal Navy. In honour of two famous Naval Admirals, they would be named Nelson and Rodney. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. viii and 144 pages. ISBN: 1904459161. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy!

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STRIKE FROM THE SEA U.S. NAVY ATTACK AIRCRAFT FROM SKYRAIDER TO SUPER HORNET 1948-PRESENT
Written by Tommy H. Thomason.
Stock no. 1329556
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781580071321. A super copy, appears unread.

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U.S. NAVAL AIR SUPERIORITY DEVELOPMENT OF SHIPBORNE JET FIGHTERS 1943-1962
Written by Tommy H. Thomason.
Stock no. 1329555
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 275 pages. ISBN: 9781580071109. A super copy, appears unread.

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